'So
I said to the players 'don't let that bite you in the backside'. But
then you don't expect to go out and score two in three minutes, as Kevin
did.

'We finished Villa off at that stage, with Kevin's quality of finishing coming to the fore again.'

Nolan
struck in the opening seconds of the second half with a cheeky
back-heel after Stewart Downing had turned Villa full-back Ryan Bertrand
inside out.

Two minutes later Nolan struck again, sidefooting the ball past Brad Guzan after dispossessing Fabian Delph in the penalty area.

Wide of the mark: Leandro Bacuna takes a shot at goal in a quiet first-half at Villa Park

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50/50: Leandro Bacuna (left) of Aston Villa is tackled by Mark Noble in the first-half

What
a different story for Villa as they slumped to their eighth home league
loss — 10 in all if you count cup flops against Spurs and Sheffield
United.

Villa’s furious
boss Paul Lambert said: 'The two goals were really disappointing,
especially right after half-time. 'I don't think I'd taken my seat when
they played a long ball and we never dealt with it.

'Whether
you're young, old, or an experienced player, you deal with it. It was
just a long ball and we should have dealt with it better.

'The
second goal was just a basic error, and then all of a sudden we came
into life in the game. But conceding two goals is just not good enough.

Tussle: Former Villa defender James Collins (left) and Gabriel Agbonlahor battle for the loose bal

No coming through: Ashley Westwood of Aston Villa is challenged by Matthew Taylor

'The
two goals irritated me because at half-time we've gone in level, and in
the second half we're attacking into our favourite end and you think
something's going to happen.

'But the two goals during that two-to-three-minute spell put us on the back foot.

'They were unacceptable and you cannot defend that way at this level.'

The
introduction of Marc Albrighton after 54 minutes livened up Villa, his
30-yard volley hitting a post before Christian Benteke did the same with
a header.

But it could have finished 3-0, Matt Taylor’s shot being blocked on the line by Leandro Bacuna.